Chestnut dunnart vs Foxtail copperleaf

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Acalypha alopecuroidea

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Foxtail copperleaf is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Foxtail copperleaf
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Acalypha
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Acalypha alopecuroidea

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Foxtail copperleaf

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Foxtail copperleaf
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Foxtail copperleaf

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, El Salvador, Honduras, Samoa, and United States.

Chestnut dunnart

The Chestnut dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) is a species in the genus Sminthopsis. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.